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A Ruin With A View! (278)

A Ruin With A View!

With New Trainer May, deciding to join him on his Journey...Ash decides to go to Oldale Town to Register and find out information on the nearest gym. However on the way there they meet an archeologist who is looking for Ancient Pokémon...however Team Magma are looking for the same thing...

Did Ash actually end up signing up for the League? I remember them going in and Torchic being hurt, but all I saw was them asking Nurse Joy to take care Torchic, but I don't remember Ash asking Nurse Joy about it.

I did enjoy this episode though, it was good to see Team Magma for the first time too.

Glad to see Brock is back! Although I can't post anymore in this thread about Pokamon advanced. Cause this is the episode I stopped watching Pokemon a long, long, while back. I've just a few days ago got back into the series. Man I have sooooooooo many episodes to catch up on. Hopefully I can do that as the DVD's come out. Cause ahh I'm so lost in the Advanced Challenge series. I have no idea who any of the Pokemon are. ahh so far behind!!!!

This episode was a pretty interesting introduction to Team Magma. Team Aqua and Team Magma have been pretty good bad guys for the Hoenn saga. At least the groudon and kyogre two-parter's coming up pretty soon, that should be pretty exciting. The rest of the episode was okay. I liked May trying to capture azurill, May wondering if people at the pokemon center are talking about where to shop, her conversation with Professor Oak, and Team Rocket and their pokemon getting nervous when they meet Team Magma.

A very good episode Ash & May are continue their journey to Odale Town, May tries to catch her first Pokemon and fails, though I don't like Ashes lecturing of May that she needed to battle the Pokemon before throwing a Pokeball, especially since Ash caught a Caterpie by just throwing a Pokeball. Nice intro for Team Magma (TM) it's to bad they and Aqua both get hosed later in the series in the way of development. It's to bad Max joins up next episode when I originally watched this episode I was hoping that it was just going to May and Ash traveling together maybe introduce the male lead from Gen 3, but alas no. Lastly I got to say the opening for Pokemon Advance is by far my favorite of all the opening they've had for 4kids run.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

A good transitional episode, though the main plot is kind of unengaging since we know we won't see Umezu again. But Kotoki Town isn't really all that special in the games, so I'll give them credit for putting those ruins there and making a story around 'em.

The opening scene where Haruka tries to capture Ruriri is hilarious. I love these early episodes where Haruka doesn't know a Pok&#233; Ball from a hole in the ground, as the dynamic between her and Satoshi is very well written. And this time, everything about the Rocket-dan's subplot is excellent - especially the visuals. It's funny seeing them all crammed into one phone booth (with the receiver pushed against Nyasu's eye when Sakaki hangs up on them), and I love their happy expressions when they pop up from the ground and shout "Tunnel completed!" only to find that they're not actually inside the building. But the biggest laugh I got was when they whisper the opening of their motto - and then Sonansu screams his part like usual and blows their cover, which is revealed to be crouching behind a rock no less than three feet away from the heroes. That's classic Rocket-dan stupidity right there.

The Magma-dan, despite what they'll end up being, is actually kind of intimidating in this one, even though I don't know why they're armed with Hellgar instead of Guraena. I'll admit, it really bugs me when the AG episodes depict Pok&#233;mon living in Hoenn that you can't actually catch there in Ruby and Sapphire. (I know the games don't equal the anime, but still...)

It was a good episode, happy that we had Team Magma in it, although I would have liked to see Harlan. I guess it doesn't matter much, and we don't need him for every Magma appearance. Still a very good episode.

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